desanimar

/[d̪esaniˈmaɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#56,953

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

desanimar is aSpanishverb. It means: Bajar o quitar el ánimo, el entusiasmo, las ganas o la motivación para hacer, emprender o enfrentar algo. Pronounced [d̪esaniˈmaɾ].

Key facts for desanimar
PropertyValue
Headworddesanimar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪esaniˈmaɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#56,953
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of desanimar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for desanimar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [d̪esaniˈmaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #56,953 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Bajar o quitar el ánimo, el entusiasmo, las ganas o la motivación para hacer, emprender o enfrentar algo.".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for desanimar in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is desanimar, spelled D-E-S-A-N-I-M-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bajar o quitar el ánimo, el entusiasmo, las ganas o la motivación para hacer, emprender o enfrentar algo.

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Frequency rank: #56,953 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desanimar"?
"desanimar" is spelled D-E-S-A-N-I-M-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esaniˈmaɾ].
What does "desanimar" mean?
As a verb, "desanimar" means: Bajar o quitar el ánimo, el entusiasmo, las ganas o la motivación para hacer, emprender o enfrentar algo.
How do you pronounce "desanimar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desanimar" is [d̪esaniˈmaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desanimar" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.